Fastener.



PATENTED JUNE 16, 1908.

A. G. HOBGREN.

FASTBNER.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 2. 1907.

INVENTOR.

WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- ANDERS G. HOEGREN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO DAVIS GLOVE COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION.

FASTENERI.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1908.

Application filed December 2, 1907. Serial No. 404,655.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDERS G. HOEGREN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Fastener, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to fasteners, and especially to that class or type thereof which may be employed in fastening or securing gloves, packages, bundles, overshoes or parcels, etc. firmly and securely in position.

The main object of the invention is to provide a device of the character described which is simple in construction, economic of manufacture, durable, attractive in appear ance, which may be readily and quickly manipulated, which will not catch on the garments, and which will effectually accomplish the objects for which it is purposed. When applied on a glove provided with an enlarged gore, the latter portion will without effort be drawn Within the wristband; when on a mitten or on'a glove not having an enlarged gore, a fold will be created which will not be in the least uncomfortable to the wearer; when on a glove or mitten provided with a slit in the wrist portion, the confronting edges will be drawn neatly and snugly together; and when on an overshoe, as an arctic style, any degree of snugness or closeness of fit may be attained, and no buckle or objectionable feature will project to catch and injure the garments of the wearer. Its utility for carrying school-books will be evident, as will also its adaptability for use by mail carriers on the several individual or separate bundles carried by them, inasmuch as the attachment of the device is instantaneous and detachment as readily effected. It has been used with excellent results by athletes as a wrist-strengthening or binding strap, or rather as a means of securing such strap, any required adjustment being readily produced by the free hand only.

The novel means employed in carrying out the objects of the invention are hereinafter described and made the subject matter of the claims hereto appended.

The preferred construction of parts and arrangement thereof are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective, showing my im provement in position on a portion of a glove provided with a gore, the parts being shown in position for wear; Fig. 2, another perspective, taken from a different point of 9 plying the fastener to a strap for carrying a package; and Fig. 8, a view similar to Fig. 5,

but showing a tape in place, no tab being employed.

In the several figures of the drawing, like numerals refer to like parts.

1, Fig. 1, indicates the wrist portion,'2 the gore, 3 the back and 4 the stitching on the back of a leather glove of a common and well known construction. Fixed by stitches 5 or in any other suitable manner to one of the confronting wrist-portions is a tab or tag"6 adapted to overlie the gore when in closed position and provided with an aperture 25. The securing plate, in which rests the gist of my invention, is best shown at Figs. 4, 5 and 6 and comprises a base portion consisting of longitudinally disposed side-bars 7, angularly disposed longitudinal continuations 9, a cross-bar 11 at the point of juncture of said bars 7 and 9, it lying in the same plane as do the first recited bars, a transverse end portion 10 unitin the outer ends of the bars 9, it being arallel with but in a lower lane than the l jars 7, and a transverse rear enc portion 14 lying in the plane of the base, it being provided with tangs 13 or other suitable means whereby the plate may be secured to the tag 6. It will be evident that thus constructed a transverse slot 8, the direction'of opening of which is downward through the base members, and a slot 12, the direction of opening of which is substantially longitudinally thereof and at an angle of about 30 degrees thereto is formed, the purposes and advantages of which slots will presently be related. It will be manifest that the several members are integral and that the plate may be formed by a die from a fiat strip or'sheet of metal, and at a single operation. It will be further evident that the member 10 lies in a plane about the thickness of the tape hereinafter described below that of the base, and that its inner edge constitutes a point for frictional contact when the device is in closed position on a glove or other object. The

plate is secured in the manner shown best at ig. 8, by passing the tangs throu h the body of the ta and clenching the ends, the

slots in the p ate overlying or registering with the above mentioned opening in the tag. I

The ta having been attached to the portion 15 the wristband 1, the end 16 of a gathering strap 17 is fixed by a staple 18 or r otherwise to the other portion, 19, of said band, its free end, 21, threaded through the o ening in the tag and through the slot 8,

t ence over the partingbar 11 thence downwardly througthe slot 12, the sidepressed member 10 of the plate.

Any pre- 1 ferred means 22 whereby accidental with-j drawal of the strap is prevented is fixed on the end thereof.

The parts being thus approximately in the position shown at Figs. 2 and 3, the wearer will grasp the free end of the strap and draw thereon until the parts assume the closed position shown at Fig. 1, 5 from which position pressure from the inside, i

as flexing or bending the wrist joint, will not 5 disturb or release them. Such release, however, may be instantly effected when it is d-esirable or necessary, by grasping the free end of the tag and either raising it or turning it back upon itself and toward its rear end, whereby the fore end of the plate will be raised and the parts assume the positions;

shown at Figs. 2 and 3.

The friction-a1 con- L tact of the strap 17 against the under side of f the tab (caused by the depressed member and like contact of said strap over the partf ing bar 11 is done away with, the strap r-unning freely through the slots 8 and 1 2 When my improvements are used as a lug- 5 gage or package carrier, an elongated tape 1s employed. The end 16 thereof is passed l through the opening in the tag, through the slot 8, around the bar 14 and secured to the tab or tag by a staple 23. The end 21 is then passed upwardly through the same slot, thence over the bar 11, downwardly through the slot 12, from whence it is extended to form a convenient means for grasping. I prefer that the member by which the parts are drawn together be a tape, for two reasons: first, because it may be always uniform in thickness; and second, because it will not be easily affected by moisture. Other means than tangs 18 may be em loyed for attachment of the plate to the tagi preferred. Indeed, both the tangs and the tag may be dispensedwith in one form in which the device may be used.

Having thus set forth the construction and operation, the purposes and advantages of my invention, claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent the following, namely:

1 Afastener comprising a "tab having an opening, a plate fixed to and overlying the tab and provided with openings registering with the one in the tab, said late including parallel members lying in lfferent planes and :angularly dis osed members by which they are connected 2. The combination with an apertured tab and the wristband of a glove to which it is secured, of a gathering-strap secured to said wristband, and a fastening plate fixed to said tab and provided with transverse slots for the reception of said tape, the walls at the ends of one of said slots being inclined with relation to the other walls thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my hand this 20dayof November, 1907.

ANDEZRS Gr. HOEGREN.

Witnesses:

' E. A. DAVIS,

OLE. FITCH. 

